Brayden's quilt ~ finished!

I actually finished Brayden's quilt today!  Yesterday I finished the quilting ~ decided to leave it simple straight line stitching with my walking foot.  I had a little bit of trouble with a few puckers, but the fabric is black and it's not too noticeable.  (Besides, he's going to be 3 so is he really gonna care?)  

 
I learned something new in finishing up this quilt ~ I tried machine binding following a tutorial I recently saw at Lily's Quilts, stitching it to the back first and top-stitching the front.  I'm happy with the way it turned out ~ besides,  I figured this would make it more durable for a 3 year-old!

I was super excited this morning to find out that Target is now carrying some fabrics by Fabric Editions ~ quilting, canvas, burlap ~ how fun!  Check out Maureen Cracknell's blog to enter her giveaway and possibly win some of your own!

Linking up with Anything Goes Mondays and TGIFF.

Star Light Star Bright progress and I've Got Mail!

I made some more progress on the Star Light Star Bright quilt ~ managed to get all the 2-1/2" squares sorted and marked to make all the half-square triangles.  Each of the rows represent the HSTs for one block.

I finished sewing and trimming one stack and laid out all the pieces of the first block to see how it's going to turn out ~ me likey!!

I received the best mail EVER today ~ FIVE charm packs that I won in a giveaway!  Big THANK YOU to Lee at Freshly Pieced and Stefanie from Cotton Bliss (Love her shop!!)

Linking up with Sew Cute Tuesday and WIP Wednesday.

A finish, a start, and a gorgeous giveaway

I have to say I'm still thrilled to have finished my In From The Cold quilt ~ and even though it hasn't been cold I've been snuggling under it while watching TV this week.

I've been working on my Star Light Star Bright quilt this week and I've managed to get all my flying geese done ~ the final set still need some trimming.  I can't wait to see how this turns out ~ I've seen some gorgeous fabric combos on their Flickr board!

I stumbled across a giveaway this morning that I'm drooling over at Maureen Cracknell Handmade ~ Intrepid Thread is giving away this gorgeous bundle:

Love the colors in this Tile Pile fat quarter bundle of Petal Pinwheels by Michael Miller!

Linking up with Quilt Matters for TGIFF and Fort Worth Fabric Studio for Fabric Frenzy Friday!